Handle for milk-cans



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T. F. FEENY.

' HANDLE FOR MILK CANS. N0..354,6S0. Patented 1360.21, 1886,

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS F. FEENY, OF HUNTLEILILLINOIS.

' HANDLE FOR MILK-CANS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 354,630, dated December 21, 1886.

Application filed August 28, 1885.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. FEENY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Huntley, in the county of McHenry and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Handles for Milk-Can Covers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to, the annexed drawings, making a part of .this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view of a milk-can top, showing myinvention applied thereto; and Fig. 2, a sectional elevation thereof.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved metal handle for the covers of ,milk-cans; audit consists in the details of construction, substantially as shown in the drawings and hereinafter described and claimed. i

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a milk-can top, provided with the usual neck, a, which has a flaring rim, 1), as shown, within which fits the cover B, also of the usual construction, consisting of the flaring portion 0 and neck d, between which isthc diaphragm e.

In place of attaching the handle as above described, I connect it to the flaring portion 0 of the cover, and construct the handle in such manner at its extremities that it will seat itself against the interior side of said flaring portion.

The handle, as shown at (J, is formed rounding or convex upon its under side to form a rounded or smooth surface for the hand when grasping the handle, and at one end thereofis Serial No. 212.074. (No model.)

formed a perforated ear, f, and at the opposite end a lug, g, which are disposedat an angle to correspond with the angle of the flaring portion 0 of the cover. The earf and lug g are suitably riveted to the flaring portion col the cover,and the cover secured in place by a wire, h, passed through the perforation of the earf, and through a perforation, a, formed in said flaring portion, and the two ends of the wire twisted together, as shown in Fig. 2. The lug g at the opposite end of the handle is provided with a loosely-attached link, It, and with this link and loop 1 engages a suitable ring, D, of the kind usually employed for the purpose, to preventthe cover from being detached when removed to empty the contents of the can, fill or clean it.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with a milk-can having an upper perforated portion, of the cover thereof, consisting of a flaring portion and a ncck,and

a diaphragm arranged between them, and a 

